释义 |
mo·sa·sau·rus \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsȯrəs\ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Mosa the river Meuse (near which the first known species was discovered) + New Latin -saurus : a genus (the type of the family Mosasauridae) of large extinct aquatic Cretaceous fish-eating lizards related to the recent monitors but having the limbs modified into swimming paddles |